No. 12-207
Title:	Maryland, Petitioner v. Alonzo Jay King, Jr.
Docketed:	August 16, 2012
Linked with 12A48
Lower Ct:	Court of Appeals of Maryland

Case Nos.:	(68, September Term, 2011)
Decision Date:	April 24, 2012
Rehearing Denied:	May 18, 2012
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~	~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jul 13 2012	Application (12A48) for a stay of the judgment and mandate pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Jul 18 2012	UPON CONSIDERATION of the application of counsel for the applicant, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment and mandate of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, case No. 68, is hereby stayed pending receipt of a response, due on or before Wednesday, July 25, 2012, by 4 p.m., and further order of the undersigned or of the Court.
Jul 20 2012	Response to application from respondent Alonzo Jay King, Jr. filed.
Jul 23 2012	Reply of applicant Maryland filed.
Jul 26 2012	Letter submitted by respondent
Jul 30 2012	Application (12A48) granted by The Chief Justice. (In Chambers Opinion)
Aug 14 2012	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 17, 2012)
Sep 4 2012	Brief amici curiae of Maryland Chiefs of Police Association, Inc., et al. filed.
Sep 11 2012	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 17, 2012.
Sep 12 2012	Brief amicus curiae of Steve Cooley, District Attorney for the County of Los Angeles filed.
Sep 17 2012	Brief amicus curiae of DNA Saves filed.
Sep 17 2012	Brief amici curiae of Maryland Legislators filed.
Sep 17 2012	Brief amicus curiae of National District Attorneys Association filed.
Oct 12 2012	Brief of respondent Alonzo Jay King, Jr. in opposition filed.
Oct 24 2012	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 9, 2012.
Oct 24 2012	Reply of petitioner Maryland filed. (Distributed)
Nov 9 2012	Petition GRANTED.
Nov 21 2012	Record Received from the Maryland Court of Appeals. 2 volumes.
Nov 27 2012	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent.
Dec 4 2012	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
Dec 18 2012	SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Dec 26 2012	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Dec 26 2012	Brief of petitioner Maryland filed.
Dec 28 2012	Brief amici curiae of Genetics, Genomics and Forensic Science Researchers in support of neither party filed.
Dec 28 2012	Brief amicus curiae of National District Attorneys Association filed.
Jan 2 2013	Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed.
Jan 2 2013	Brief amicus curiae of National Governors Association, et al. filed.
Jan 2 2013	Brief amicus curiae of Los Angeles County District Attorney on behalf of Los Angeles County filed.
Jan 2 2013	Brief amicus curiae of Global Alliance for Rapid DNA Testing filed.
Jan 2 2013	Brief amici curiae of DNA Saves, et al. filed.
Jan 2 2013	Brief amici curiae of Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc., et al. filed.
Jan 2 2013	Brief amicus curiae of Susana Martinez, Governor of the State of New Mexico filed.
Jan 2 2013	Brief amici curiae of California, et al. filed.
Jan 2 2013	Brief amicus curiae of Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault filed.
Jan 2 2013	Brief amici curiae of Maryland Chiefs of Police Association, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 9 2013	Additional record received from the Court of Appeals of Maryland. Part of this record is electronic.
Jan 10 2013	CIRCULATED.
Jan 25 2013	Brief of respondent Alonzo Jay King, Jr. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 29 2013	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Feb 1 2013	brief amicus curiae of Veterans for Common Sense filed. (Distributed)
Feb 1 2013	Brief amicus curiae of Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic filed. (Distributed)
Feb 1 2013	Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center and twenty-six technical experts and legal scholars filed. (Distributed)
Feb 1 2013	Brief amicus curiae of Public Defenders Service for the District of Columbia filed. (Distributed)
Feb 1 2013	Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Federal Defenders filed. (Distributed)
Feb 1 2013	Brief amici curiae of Genetic Scientists Robert Nussbaum and Sara H. Katsanis filed. (Distributed)
Feb 1 2013	Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. (Distributed)
Feb 1 2013	Brief amicus curiae of Council for Responsible Genetics filed. (Distributed)
Feb 1 2013	Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 1 2013	Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Feb 1 2013	Brief amici curiae of 14 Scholars of Forensic Evidence filed. (Distributed)
Feb 15 2013	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Feb 19 2013	Reply of petitioner Maryland filed. (Distributed)
Feb 26 2013	Argued. For petitioner: Katherine Winfree, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Baltimore, Md.; and Michael R. Dreeben, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Kannon K. Shanmugam, Washington, D. C.

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~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~	~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~	~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Brian S. Kleinbord	Assistant Attorney General	(410) 576-6435
Counsel of Record	200 St. Paul Place, 17th Floor
	Baltimore, MD  21202
	bkleinbord@oag.state.md.us
Party name: Maryland
Katherine Winfree	Chief Deputy Attorney General	(410) 576-6300
	200 Saint Paul Place
	Baltimore, MD  21202
	kwinfree@oag.state.md.us
Party name: Maryland
Attorneys for Respondent:
Kannon K. Shanmugam	Williams & Connolly LLP	(202) 434-5000
Counsel of Record	725 Twelfth Street, N.W.
	Washington, DC  20005
	kshanmugam@wc.com
Party name: Alonzo Jay King, Jr.
Stephen B. Mercer	Chief Attorney, Forensics Division	(410) 767-5541
	Office of the Public Defender
	6 Saint Paul St.
	Suite 1400
	Baltimore, MD  21202
	smercer@opd.state.md.us
Party name: Alonzo Jay King, Jr.
Other:
Lisa S. Blatt	Arnold & Porter LLP	(202) 942-5000
	555 12th Street, N.W.
	Washington, DC  20004
	Lisa.Blatt@aporter.com
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Jeffrey S. Bucholtz	King & Spalding LLP	(202) 737-0500
	1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
	Washington, DC  20006
	jbucholtz@kslaw.com
Party name: Susana Martinez, Governor of the State of New Mexico
Enid A. Camps	455 Golden Gate Avenue Suite 11000	(415)-703-5976
	San Francisco, CA  94102
	Enid.Camps@doj.ca.gov
Party name: California, et al.
Michael R. Dreeben	Deputy Solicitor General	(202) 514-2201
	Department of Justice
	Washington, DC  20530
	michael.r.dreeben@usdoj.gov
Party name: Maryland v. Alonzo Jay King, Jr.
Michael L. Foreman	Pennsylvania State University, Civil Rights Appellate Clinic	(814) 865-3832
	329 Innovation Park, Suite 118
	University Park, PA  16802
	mlf25@psu.edu
Party name: Genetics, Genomics and Forensic Science Researchers in support of neither party
Aderson B. Francois	Associate Professor of Law	(202) 806-8065
	Supervising Attorney Civil Rights Clinic
	Howard University School of Law
	2900 Van Ness Street NW
	Washington, DC  20008
	Afrancois@law.howard.edu
Party name: Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic
Jonathan S. Franklin	Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.	(202) 662-0466
	801 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
	Washington, DC  20004-2623
	jfranklin@fulbright.com
Party name: DNA Saves
Matthew S. Hellman	Jenner & Block LLP	(202) 639-6000
	1099 New York Ave., N.W.
	Suite 900
	Washington, DC  20001
	mhellman@jenner.com
Party name: Council for Responsible Genetics
William M. Jay	Goodwin Procter LLP	(202) 346-4000
	901 New York Avenue, N.W.
	Washington, DC  20001
	wjay@goodwinprocter.com
Party name: National Association of Federal Defenders
Neal Kumar Katyal	Hogan Lovells US LLP	(202) 637-5600
	555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
	Washington, DC  20004
	neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com
Party name: Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc., et al.
Prashant Kumar Khetan	Troutman Sanders LLP	(202) 274-2950
	401 9th Street, N.W.
	Washington, DC  20004
	prashant.khetan@troutmansanders.com
Party name: National Governors Association, et al.
Karen J. Kruger	Funk & Bolton, P.A.	(410) 659-7700
	Twelfth Floor, 36 South Charles Street
	Baltimore, MD  21222
	kkruger@fblaw.com
Party name: Maryland Chiefs of Police Association, Inc., et al.
Sandra K. Levick	Public Defender Service for District of Columbia	(202) 628-1200
	633 Indiana Avenue, N.W.
	Washington, DC  20004
	slevick@pdsdc.org
Party name: Public Defenders Service for the District of Columbia
Albert C. Locher	National District Attorneys Assn.	(703) 549-9222
	44 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 110
	Alexandria, VA  22314
	lochera@sacda.org
Party name: National District Attorneys Association
Jennifer Lynch	Electronic Frontier Foundation	(415)-436-9333
	815 Eddy Street
	San Francisco, CA  94109
	jlynch@eff.org
Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Eric D. Miller	Perkins Coie LLP	(206)-359-3773
	1201 Third Avenue Suite 4900
	Seattle, WA  98101
	EMiller@perkinscoie.com
Party name: Veterans for Common Sense
Erin Elizabeth Murphy	NYU School of Law	(212) 998-6672
	40 Washington Sqyare South
	New York, NY  10012
	erin.murphy@nyu.edu
Party name: 14 Scholars of Forensic Evidence
Theodore B. Olson	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	(202) 955-8500
	1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
	Washington, DC  20036
	tolson@gibsondunn.com
Party name: Global Alliance for Rapid DNA Testing
Michael T. Risher	39 Drumm St.	(415)-293-6373
	San Fransico, CA  94111
	mrisher@aclunc.org
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, et al.
Marc Rotenberg	Electronic Privacy Information Center	(202) 483-1140
	1718 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 200
	Washington, DC  20009
	rotenberg@epic.org
Party name: Electronic Privacy Information Center and twenty-six technical experts and legal scholars
William C. Sammons	Tydings & Rosenberg LLP	(410) 752-9700
	100 East Pratt Street
	26th Floor
	Baltimore, MD  21202
	wsammons@tydingslaw.com
Party name: Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Roberta T. Schwartz	Deputy District Attorney	(213) 974-3899
	LA County DA's Office
	320 W. Temple Street, Suite 540
	Los Angeles, CA  90012
Party name: Los Angeles County District Attorney on behalf of Los Angeles County
Clifford M. Sloan	1440 New York Avenue, NW	(202) 371-7040
	Suite 800
	Washington, DC  20005-2107
	cliff.sloan@skadden.com
Party name: Maryland Legislators
Danielle Spinelli	Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP	(202) 663-6000
	1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
	Washington, DC  20006
	danielle.spinelli@wilmerhale.com
Party name: Genetic scientists Robert Nussbaum and Sara H. Katsanis
Donald B. Verrilli Jr.	Solicitor General	(202) 514-2217
	United States Department of Justice
	950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
	Washington, DC  20530-0001
	SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: the United States